We’ll use your details to contact you about your application, but we’d also like to tell you about our work.
Let us know if you would like us to keep in touch below:

Please keep in touch about Samaritans' vital work *

Please keep in touch about Samaritans' fundraising activities *

How would you like us to contact you?

Please contact me by phone *

Please contact me by email *

Please contact me by text message *

Additional details

What prompted you to contact us?

What are the reasons for your interest in volunteering?

Learn new skills

Use my existing skills

Friends/family did it

Helps my career

I had spare time

Help people

Make friends

Connected with needs of family/friends

It supported my studies

Received voluntary help in the past

Cause was really important to me

Need in the community

Which roles would interest you?

Becoming a listening volunteer

Helping fundraise with us

Finding out about other roles

Most people choose to become listening volunteers, providing a service directly to our callers. There are also a number of other roles including helping us raise vital funds for our services.

You can change your preferences by emailing supportercare@samaritans.org To find out how we keep your details safe, see our privacy statement. Samaritans is made up of branches across the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, some of which are registered as independent charities. Your information will only be used for the purposes of Samaritans and its branches.

If you have any difficulties in filling out this form, please call us on 03705 627282 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm).

Data Protection

Your contact details are kept securely and are only used to contact you about matters
relating to Samaritans. We will not release any personal information to a third
party under any circumstances unless expressly authorised to do so by you, or if
we are obliged to do so by law. We comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and
take all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data.
Privacy statement.

Any questions?

If you have any queries, please contact the Volunteer Recruitment team:

People talk to us anytime they like, in their own way - about whatever’s getting to them. You don't have to be suicidal.

Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales. Founded in 1953 by the late Prebendary Dr Chad Varah CH CBE.

Samaritans is a charity registered in England and Wales (219432) and in Scotland (SC040604) and incorporated in England and Wales as a company limited by guarantee (757372). Samaritans Ireland is a charity registered in the Republic of Ireland (20033668) and incorporated in the Republic of Ireland as a company limited by guarantee (450409). Samaritans in Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland (SC009843) and incorporated as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.